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Rwanda’s Main Challenge Is Meeting Its 5.5 Million-Unit Housing Demand.

Rwanda’s Main Challenge Is Meeting Its 5.5 Million-Unit Housing Demand.

According to the Rwanda Housing Authority, Rwanda will require five million five hundred thousand housing units by 2050, up from two million five hundred thousand in 2019. This will serve an expected 22 million people. According to the Director of Housing Planning at Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA), Vincent Rwigamba, this shows that on average, one hundred […]

Rwanda: Reasons why Kigali’s Real Estate Sector has outperformed other major Regional Cities

Rwanda: Reasons why Kigali’s Real Estate Sector has outperformed other major Regional Cities

According to recent studies, Kigali rakes higher rental yields in the residential and retail sectors than other cities in Sub Saharan Africa. Rental yield is the rate of profits compared to the cost of the investment property, typically expressed in percentages.  Kigali records 8.1 percentages on average rental return from the residential real estate industry […]

Rwanda: A look into Kigali’s Real Estate Sector- Opportunity or Crisis

Rwanda: A look into Kigali’s Real Estate Sector- Opportunity or Crisis

Rwanda’s transformation has been mainly resulted from growth in urbanization and housing development. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, is currently the fastest growing city in terms of urbanization in Africa. This has led to the creation of investment opportunities primarily in the real estate sector in Kigali to cater for the growing urban community. A […]

Debate on the New Laws on Taxation of Properties during Transfer in Rwanda

Debate on the New Laws on Taxation of Properties during Transfer in Rwanda

Rwanda is yet to experience amendments in Law no16/2005 of 18/08/2005 on direct income taxes and all its first legal provisions as the lawmakers, and Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) met to discuss the changes. The proposed amendments made other members of parliament question the reason for the introduction of such changes. The new Income Tax […]